This is a Sanskrit & English translation of https://suttacentral.net/sn1.13/pli/ms

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सम्युक्तनिकायः १.१३ — नास्तिपुत्रसमसूक्तम्
saṃyuktanikāyaḥ 1.13 — nāstiputrasamasūktam
Saṃyukta Nikāya 1.13 — “Nothing equal to a child”

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श्रावस्तीनिदानम्। एकान्ते स्थिता खलु सा देवता भगवतोऽन्तिके इमां गाथामभाषत —
śrāvastīnidānam. ekānte sthitā khalu sā devatā bhagavato 'ntike imāṃ gāthām abhāṣata —
At Śrāvastī. Standing to one side, that deity spoke this verse in the presence of the Bhagavān:

“नास्ति पुत्रसमं प्रेम, नास्ति गोसमितं धनम्।
नास्ति सूर्यसमाऽऽभा, समुद्रपरमाः सराः” इति।
nāsti putrasamaṃ prema, nāsti gosamitaṃ dhanam.
nāsti sūryasamā ''bhā, samudraparamāḥ sarāḥ iti.
There is no love equal to that for a son/child, no wealth equal to cattle.
There is no light equal to the sun; the ocean is the greatest of water-bodies.

“नास्त्यात्मसमं प्रेम, नास्ति धान्यसमं धनम्।
नास्ति प्रज्ञासमाऽऽभा, वृष्टिर्वै परमाः सराः” इति।
nāsty ātmasamaṃ prema, nāsti dhānyasamaṃ dhanam.
nāsti prajñāsamābhā, vṛṣṭir vai paramāḥ sarāḥ iti.
There is no love equal to love for oneself, no wealth equal to grain.
There is no light equal to wisdom; rain is truly the best of the waters.